About this episode

This episode explores the history and geography of Louisiana's River Road, challenging misconceptions about the area.

Send us Fan Mail Mary Ann Sternberg has spent twenty years challenging the idea that the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is nothing more than rows of noxious chemical plants interspersed with 19th century plantation houses, so in this episode, we dig into its past and present. Mary Ann begins by orienting us to the geography of the River Road and the region’s indigenous inhabitants. She describes the arrival of European settlers, which included an influx of Germans in the early...

People in this episode

Host: Dean Klinkenberg

Guest: Mary Ann Sternberg

Topics covered

• Louisiana
• River Road
• plantations
• history
• indigenous inhabitants
• European settlers

Keywords

• River Road
• Louisiana
• plantations
• Baton Rouge
• New Orleans
• Mary Ann Sternberg
• history
• indigenous inhabitants

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Louisiana, River Road, Baton Rouge, New Orleans

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